Ok I havent really spoken up yet, but it's my turn
I really like the Photo iPod and I wouldnt mind having one, but the price is just way too much for me, for other people it might not be. I don't want the Photo iPod either until they provide a good way for me to transfer my memory stick data onto the iPod, that way I do not have to be tied to my laptop when I travel.. just take my iPod and my camera and Im good! Not yet though. As for movies.. how many of us actually take a lot of movies and want to put them on the iPod, that's the only movies we can legally put on the iPod... very few of us create home videos and even fewer of us digitize them. As for TV, even TiVO is feeling the pressure.. they can now delete content off of your TiVO player at will due to "rights" etc.. it's pretty sad and it has a lot of people pretty upset.. so there goes the TV idea.. and how many people really want to watch TV on a tiny screen like the iPod? The user base is growing smaller and smaller.. why would Apple go for something that has a very tiny user base?
As it has been said before.. the iPod Photo not only has a color screen and some people might just buy it for that reason, but it has a 60 GB drive.. some people will buy it just for that reason. Those two groups will probably be the majority of people and then there will be those who really love the Photo capabilities and will buy it. It'll succeed there is no doubt about it.
The part that is annoying is when people assume that everyone should be like them, should think like them, should act like them, etc.. come on, that's extremely close minded. Different things appeal to different people. Apple is great at determining what the majority will like, even though some of us might not like it, the majority usually does. I can't understand the whole sock thing, but you know what.. they'll probably sell.. no clue why, but that's probably because Im one of those people not in the majority and I don't fit the profile they are marketing to. That's fine.. I don't have to buy it, but for me to think because it does not appeal to me that it shouldnt appeal to anyone and that it will only appeal to zealots, would be arrogant of me.